Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 24, 1909
Died
Feb 02, 1953
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
44 titles
Alan Curtis
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Curtis (July 24, 1909 - February 2, 1953) was an American film actor appearing in over 50 films. Born Harry Ueberroth in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a model before becoming an actor, appearing in local newspaper ads. His looks did not go unnoticed in Hollywood. He began appearing in films in the late 1930s (including a Technicolor appearance in the Alice Faye-Don Ameche film Hollywood Cavalcade and a memorable role in High Sierra (1941). He is probably best known as one of the romantic leads in Abbott and Costello's first hit movie Buck Privates. His chance for leading-man stardom came when he replaced the unwilling John Garfield in the 1943 production Flesh and Fantasy. Curtis played a ruthless killer opposite Gloria Jean. Unfortunately for both actors, the studio removed their performances from the final film. The footage was later expanded into a B-picture melodrama Destiny. The film failed to establish Curtis as a major-name star, but it did typecast him in hardbitten roles, like the man framed for murder in Phantom Lady (1944) and the detective Philo Vance. He starred in over two dozen movies and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Alan Curtis was married three times; his wives included actresses Priscilla Lawson and Ilona Massey. He died from complications during an operation in New York City, New York, he was 43. He is buried in the Ueberroth family plot in Evanston, Illinois. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Curtis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
City of Violence
Paolo Giacomo
The Pirates of Capri
Commodore Van Diel
Apache Chief
Young Eagle
The Enchanted Valley
Johnny Nelson
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Philo Vance
Philo Vance's Gamble
Philo Vance
Renegade Girl
Fred Raymond
Flight to Nowhere
Hobe Carrington
Inside Job
Edward "Eddie" Norton
The Daltons Ride Again
Emmett Dalton
Shady Lady
Marty Martin
The Naughty Nineties
Mr. Crawford
See My Lawyer
Charlie Rodman
Frisco Sal
Rio Jordan aka John Warren
Destiny
Cliff Banks
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Mark Foster
Follow the Boys
Alan Curtis (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Scott Henderson
Gung Ho!
John Harbison
Crazy House
Alan Curtis
Two Tickets to London
First Mate Dan Driscoll
Hitler's Madman
Karel Vavra
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Remember Pearl Harbor
Bruce Gordon
We Go Fast
Bob Brandon
New Wine
Franz Schubert
Buck Privates
Bob Martin
High Sierra
Babe
Four Sons
Karl Bern
Hollywood Cavalcade
Nicky Hayden
Good Girls Go to Paris
Tom Brand
Sergeant Madden
Dennis Madden
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Jose "Rocks" Rivera
The Duke of West Point
Cadet Strong
The Shopworn Angel
'Thin Lips'
Yellow Jack
Brinkerhof
Mannequin
Eddie Miller
The Woman I Love
(uncredited)
Smartest Girl in Town
Model who Escorts Cookie (uncredited)
One Live Ghost
Alan
Without Orders
Co-Pilot
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Wedding Attendant with Telegram
Walking on Air
Fred Randolph
The Witness Chair
Reporter in Coutroom